THE BARNDOOR FROM THE SWAMP : PART #2

This week the chassis reached the next level. The middle section is almost done.
Read the article for more details and pictures !

RESTORATION

TYPE2

BARNDOOR

BODY WORK

SWAMP

Here are the tasks done this week !
I began by rebuilding the bottom panel of the toolbox. The metal was too dammaged to be kept…
Then i welded the (NOS) captive nuts inside the rails and made the 4 inner boxes on front an rear of them.
It allowed me to weld the middle crossmembers and then to make all the tubes for cables (accelerator, clutch, E-brakes, heater, chokes…).
I used the same diameters as original and took care of making them exactly the same way as it was done in 1951.
Then i could weld all the I beams, U beams, outriggers and inner sills…. So the chassis now looks like this :